

 
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.Date;
 
public class StringToDate
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
  
        try
        {
            Date today = df.parse("20/12/2005");           
           System.out.println("Today = " + df.format(today));
        } catch (ParseException e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
       }
    }
}
